School: Gort Sceithe (roll number 13062)
- Location:
- Gortskehy, Co. Mayo
- Teacher: Tomás Ó Cléirigh
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- (continued from previous page)isn't bad either." "O, I did", Billy said.
"Well if you let me write your name on your hand with your own blood you will be a rich man to-morrow morning." "Very well," said Billy, taking a horse-shoe out of his pocket and hitting it against his hand. The blood began to come.
Then the devil wrote his name as he said he would. Next morning when Billy awoke he was surely a wealthy man, but they all ate too much and were just as bad [as] ever.
After a while Billy died and he would not be allowed into either hell or heaven, but the devil lit a wisp in hell and gave it to him. He is still travelling through the world and is called "Bill-o'-the-Wisp." - You are not logged in, but you are welcome to contribute a transcription anonymously. In this case, your IP address will be stored in the interest of quality control.By clicking the save button you agree that your contribution will be available under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License and that a link to dúchas.ie is sufficient as attribution.
- Collector
- Tomás Ó Cléirigh
- Gender
- Male
- Occupation
- Múinteoir
- Address
- Annefield, Co. Mayo